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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "BAYS INVESTMENTS LIMITED."<investorrelations@baysinvest.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 22:36:06 -0700
Subject: PROJECT FUNDING


Dear Entrepreneur,
We introduce to you, BAYS INVESTMENTS LIMITED, a registered company in New
Zealand; we are a venture capital firm specializing in growth capital
investments. We seeks to invest in publicans private securities in a broad =
range
of areas including real estate, energy, oil and gas, emerging markets, and
high-technology. Within the technology sector the firm focuses on
communications, software, Renewable Energy Real Estate services.
We wish to invest from $100,000 to $100 Million in any viable projects tha=
t your
company requires funding on an investor capacity, On review of your company=
's
Business Plan we shall determine on the project possible funding. This will=
be a
private and confidential Investment. Endeavour to respond promptly if the
investment proposal meets your company's Approval.
We also provide short and long term Loans for both small and large scale
businesses, worldwide project funding and most importantly we provide Bank
instruments such as LC, SBLC, BG, Euro clear, MTN and Confirm-able Bank Dra=
ft
(CBD), which can be engage into PPP Trading. If interested in our service,
contact us today through the details below;
Kind regards.
Group Investor Relations
BAYS INVESTMENTS LIMITED.
7 Puriri Street, Woburn, Lower Hutt 5010, New Zealand
Tel: +6444880286
Web: http://baysinvest.com
Email: investorrelations@baysinvest.com


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